gt38088

Chris, I am not clear on pricing when they quote vat qualifying and a price but are you assuming that the vat is still deducted from the price quoted? and anyone know if this is correct?
Might be that this is the net price they are asking already??

John McM

Got that.

peterC2S

I looked at this a while back - if the vehicle is VAT qualifying (still owned by a VAT registered entity such as a dealer or business) then you can deduct most of the VAT (some of it gets eroded by fees). Basically it works out that the VAT reclaim offsets the GST payable incoming to NZ. So budget for the cost of car plus shipping and insurance.

ChrisB_NZ

I bought my Audi Q7 from the UK and it was advertised this way. The price quoted is the full amount and you can claim back 20%. You then have brokerage (I got a company in the UK to buy mine so I only paid the discounted amount and paid them approximately a NZ$1,000 fee), shipping, insurance, compliance and GST to pay, but on a more expensive car that would be more than covered by the VAT refund.

Here's another one with pdk. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...0VAT?logcode=p

ChrisB_NZ

Correct, although for me the vat refund covered everything, the shipping etc. remains the same, so the more expensive the car the further the vat refund goes. I used a company called McCullochs who purchased the car for me and then handled every movement from the UK dealer to compliance in NZ, I even got the insurance through them so I had one throat to choke. The big thing for me was being able to pay the amount less vat up front so I never had a refund to deal with.

ChrisB_NZ

Paul, great to catchup. The 996tt did seem to get hit by the Paul factor, the cup/plate must be yours for life! Seriously though, you couldn't do anything worse to it than I would have and it doesn't sound like anything major.

Spokes

Nice write up in the Herald on the Cayman GTS http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motoring/n...ectid=11383703 I can see the attraction. Besides all the options available, the billboard on the rear of the car would have to go!

S

O2GO

Sorry to miss you too Phil.

Pinging people in dingies going from their gin palace to the shore? That is crap. The only real risk is a wave over the side as you land with the biggest risk being a heart attack from laughter. And most are unsinkable inflatables too.

Need a porsche fix and to check out your boat at Marsden cove? Have I the route for you :-P. Come further to Oakura and let me share a drive on some of the nicest twisties you'll find anywhere :-)

John McM

I'm definitely warming to the idea of a Cayman. The size might be an issue for me with helmet, but otherwise they appear to be in the sweet spot for performance, handling and cost. Still mulling over the Cayman R on Trademe. It looks like a good example, but has been on the market for a while, suggesting the price needs negotiating to avoid taking a bath. Figuring on a $60,000 value in three years time, it's time to get my head around depreciation as opposed to maintenance.

mrphil

That's my concern too and to have that many km on it I'm sure it would have been mistreated when cold

The gts would be nice but the wife would of been happy with the base cayman, I talked her into the S I doubt I would get her into a gts

Macca

I found it's easy. They are about the same it depreciation doesn't mean the car is sidelined for weeks awaiting parts from offshore always at the least convenient time.

By way of comparison the total amount ive spent on the gT3 in 9000 km and now 13 months of ownership including tonnes of fast driving and a few track days is currently zero (tyres will need replacing in 2-3000 km maybe - they are dot rated after all!). In comparison over the same period I and typical use I would spend 4000 in non service related repairs (aircon, drive shafts, wheel bearings, a faulty this and that).

gt38088

At 180-185k on similar spec the UK gts looks pretty good then doesn't it?
Also indicates NZ pricing on gt4 will be well into the 200s say 220k?

kiwi 911

Cheers Mate - I do like my Macca Cup.

I haven't won any trophies since school, so the cabinet is bare and I won't hand it over without a fight...........

Macca

Paul. Macca Cup is more prestigious than fourth from spelling comp mate :-)

We should have called it the Darwin Cup I reckon. I still remember wetting myself when the marshalls at levels came over to us and asked if it was yours and said it had fallen out of the trunk during the inspection and you had run over it. I seriously got close to re colouring my overalls. You got lifetime award for making it a plate mate!

CCS have a brand new identical Porsche cup in their Exclusive Accessories cabinet if you would like to buy a new one and have it engraved and start fresh again....

John, I should think you will have no problem fitting in the Cayman with a helmet although I have never tried. these new cars seem to have been built for homo sapien not homo habilis...finally!

Graeme. I did some price work on the GT4 and posted here a few pages back and yes its looking like 220k NZ retail. There is still nothing definitive on spec or price so we are in the dark.

I believe the 991 GT3RS spec should be announced overnight so maybe we will learn more about the GT4 too or perhaps it will remain quiet until Geneva (assumes it launches there).

996tnz

Phil, what parts are you after? I may have something. Sorry to hear about the fish inquisition. No consolation that when the bigger ones do come along, our esteemed government has seen fit to lower the bag limit too. I was recently invited out on a charter boat (early December) and 18 rods fished all day for exactly one snapper between them. No other species caught either. That one was sashimi at lunch time so no fish were brought back at all. The previous year, same boat, three of us were filleting all the way back to the wharf. Fishing is pretty much a fixed input, variable return exercise. If our esteemed masters are dropping the cap on the returns, they should be underwriting the losses too. I'd feel better about the reduced catch limits (the old ones seldom got hit anyway but who wants to go home early that one perfect trip) the day the government starts compensating us for fishless days. Wouldn't it be nice if they pulled up alongside, searched the boat and gave everyone a hundie because we were heading back empty?

I do hope they weren't pinging people in tenders, though I guess not everyone can swim so there's always the 1 adult with 4 kids going under scenario.

I see the weather is looking good for the track day too. Enjoy it you guys.